Title: Making research work for you: Responsibilities and pitfalls
Abstract: A large number of postgraduates in the computing disciplines in Australia and New Zealand are full-time teaching staff in universities and colleges. The completion rate can be slow, as many face competing priorities at work and at home, so any way that student progress can be effectively improved is a bonus for the postgraduate, the institution and others around them. This paper discusses aspects of postgraduate research, such as the responsibilities and pitfalls encountered by the author during the development of his own PhD, using action research and ethnography in a longitudinal study of an online learning community. It is hoped that this paper, may help other postgraduates with their research journey, by reflecting upon ways to make research work better for them and realising the responsibilities needed in avoiding the pitfalls which delay successful completion of a thesis or professional doctorate.
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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